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Died on Wednesday February 5, 1873
- Alida Hermina Becker (50), Rotterdam
- Anna Katharina Maria GRUNDHÖFFER (79), Sào Pedro De Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil
- Alida Joosten (71), Haarlem
- Amelia Grove (44), Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- aaltje ott (0), twisk
- Albert Evert-Jans van Lente (56), Zwolle
- Aldegonda van den Dungen, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna (Nancy) Gottshall BERGEY (80)
- Aldegonda van den Dungen (35), Vlijmen
- Alida Hermina Becker (50), Rotterdam
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 5, 1873 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De standaard
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
Born on February 5
- 1866 » Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State († 1963)
- 1870 » Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator († 1938)
- 1876 » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player († 1931)
- 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
- 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)
- 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
- 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
- 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
- 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
- 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
Died on February 5
- 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
- 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
- 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
- 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
- 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
- 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
- 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
- 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
- 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
- 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
Names that were popular for boys in 1873
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Franciscus
- Joseph
- Hendrikus
- Dirk
- Wilhelmus
Names that were popular for girls in 1873
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Helena
- Grietje
- Geertruida
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1873
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
- March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
- April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
- July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
- August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
- August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
The weather on Wednesday February 5, 1873
The temperature on February 5, 1873 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI